Resilient tire



A. A. cuLERTsoN.

RESIUENT TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.22, I'9I8.

1,343,766. f Patented June 15, 1920.

wow m Yconnected to the spring 5 and must Vnecesthershock as the wheelY is in motion.

sarily move withthe expansion and contrac- Y tion of the spring and casing, it is obvious that the beveled edges permit the plates to move Vlongitud'inally of: one another Vand it is further to be noted-in this connection that the longitudinalimovement of aplateV during theV contraction or expansion ot' the coiled spring is limited by the abutment of one of the hooks with the beveled edge' of an adjacent plate. lt is believed that such displacement would however, be ordinarily of slight'degree Yand that the casing4 itselil would, at all events, prevent any improper displacement ofthe plates, during compres` sion oi" the tire.' rlhe large convolutions, will of course, have an inherentresiliency andrwill therebyV absorb a greater portion'o'lf The smaller -convolutions, however,'tending to lessen the rigidity ol the larger con'volutions, will act as auxiliary springs toI absorb the minor shock, so' that addedl resiliency will be thereby Vobtained and the tire will readily respond to the unevenness lof theV roadway so that all the advantages of the pneumatic tire will ber obtained.

The Aforegoing description and accompanying drawings have reference to what might be considered to be the preferred or lapproved form of my invention. I desire it to'beunderstood that I may make such changes in the construction and comieeee -V y.

bination and arrangementrof parts, materials dimensions et cetera, as may prove expedient and'iiall withinthe scope of the appended claim.

Having thus what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters'Patent, isz- A s rin tire com 'Jrisin' an outer casing f ,v O b9 Yan endless coil 'springarranged in said casing, and Va sectional shield disposed Vwithin fully` described my invention,

the casing Aand between thelatter Vandthe endless `coil spring, each section 'of' said shield comprising a pla-te beveled'at its ior-l ward and rear edges and mounted upon lsaid spring with itsfrear beveled'edge overlapped by the forward beveled edge ofthe' sucrieedi ALoNZoA. cULBEnTsoN.

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WVM. l?. WILSON, HARnIETr MCFARLAND. y 

